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Many of these were thorough bred, and all of them first-rate 

 hunters, of established repute. 



On the 9th of November, 1793, the Quorn hounds killed a 

 fox at Red Hill, with a white ring round his neck, and three 

 white pads. 



On the 12th of September, 1796, from Stockerton Park 

 Wood, Pillager, Seaman, and Concord, went away, alone, with a 

 fox. These three hounds ran him by themselves to Peas Brook, 

 and killed him. , 



Of Mr. Loraine Smith, as a sportsman, it is unnecessary to 



speak. We may gather his character, in some part, from the 



verses of several songs. The following lines will go to prove 



that he was not, in his own estimation, a good horseman. They 



occur in a very old song, composed by himself, called " A burst 



from Breedon clouds:" — 



" Now, smack at a yawner goes Winchelsea's peer, 

 So sure to be thrown upon Pyramid's ear ; 

 And at the same place, jumps Smith of Loraine : 

 He's off ! — No ! he's not ! — he hangs by the mane ! " 



In the Billesdon Coplow run, Feb. 24th, 1800, he is thus 



described by Mr. Bethell Cox : — 



" Loraine and Lord Maynard were there, and can tell, 

 Who in Justice's scale hold the balance so well 

 As very good judges and justices too, 

 The state of each horse, and what each man did do : 

 But if any one thinks he is quizzed in the song, 

 And fancies his case stated legally wrong, 

 To Enderby Hall let him go and complain — 

 But he'll not mend his case, if he meets with Loraine." 



In Mr. South's celebrated poem upon the same rim, we find 

 him thus noticed : — 



" Loraine, than whom no one his game plays more safe; 

 Who, the last than the first prefers seeing, by half; 

 What with nicking, and keeping a constant look out, 

 Every turn of the scent surely turned to account. 



